Mr Okupe was on 19 December 2021 jailed for two years after the EFCC successfully prosecuted him for money laundering.
Delivering judgment on the matter, the judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, held that Mr Okupe was guilty of contravening sections 16 and of the Money Laundering Act, for receiving cash payments without going through a bank, in excess of the threshold statutorily allowed.The judge sentenced him to two years in prison on count 34 with an option of a fine of N500,000.
The judge refrained from making any custodial order but said the convict is the property of the state.After his conviction, he resigned his position as director general of the Labour Party presidential campaign.In January 2019, the EFCC arraigned Mr Okupe alongside two companies – Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd, over allegations of N702 fraud.
While closing its case, an EFCC witness, Shuaibu Salisu, a former director of Administration and Finance at the ONSA, said in 2012, he was directed to make a payment of N50 million to him.” Also, Mr Salisu recalled paying another N50 million in cash to Mr Okupe on the orders of Mr Dasuki, who equally faces charges at the Federal and FCT High Courts in Abuja.
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